[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Black "O'Donovan, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[WhiteICU "2156"]
[BlackICU "2022"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Unattached"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500493"]
[BlackFideId "2500868"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[ECO "A57"]
[Opening "Benko gambit"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1996_allfiles/games_irlch1996/g108.htm"]
[LastModified "Thu Nov 23 17:10:45 2023"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1996_allfiles/pairings_irlch1996.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Nbd2 bxc4 6. e4 c3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Bc4 Nbd7 9. O-O Bg7 10. e5 dxe5 11. Re1 O-O 12. Rb1 Nb6 13. Nxe5 Nfxd5 14.
Qb3 Be6 15. Ndf3 Qc7 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Qa3 Rab8 18. Rb2 Rxb2 19. Bxb2 Nb6
20. Qa5 Rc8 21. Qa6 Rd8 22. c4 Nxc4 23. Nxc4 Bxc4 24. Qxc4 Bxb2 25. Ng5 e6
26. Qh4 h5 27. Qc4 Qe5 28. Rxe5 Rd1+ 29. Qf1 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Bxe5 31. Nf3
Bd4 32. Ke2 e5 33. Nd2 f5 34. f3 Kf7 35. Kd3 Ke6 36. Kc4 a6 37. Nb3 Kd6 38.
h3 g5 39. Nd2 Be3 40. Nf1 Bf4 41. g3 Bc1 42. Kd3 f4 43. g4 h4 44. Kc2 Be3
45. Kd3 Kd5 46. Nh2 c4+ 47. Kc3 Bb6 48. Nf1 Ba5+ 49. Kc2 Kd4 50. a4 Bb4 51.
Kd1 Kd3 52. a5 c3 0-1